Total’s Chief Accidently Killed By His Russian Friends WASHINGTON – It is really odd that oil man Christophe de Margerie, Total’s CEO and Putin’s friend, was killed in...
China’s New Slow Economy WASHINGTON – What’s really happening to the Chinese economy? The answer is that we do not know for sure. But...
State Capitalism Does not Work WASHINGTON – Capitalism is flawed, we know this. The 2008 epic, almost terminal, Wall Street financial meltdown demonstrated that in...
The Ebola Response Reveals Incompetence WASHINGTON – Beyond the hysteria, false alarms and exaggerations surrounding just three Ebola cases in the US, the disturbing fact...
The Greek Economy Never Recovered – Now It is Once Again In Crisis WASHINGTON – We were told months ago that Greece, the ultra-sick member of the Eurozone, was essentially out of...
Lockheed Claims Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough WASHINGTON – I have observed in previous pieces that our long season of economic stagnation here in America (and...
Is Wall Street Going To Crash? WASHINGTON – If you believe that US stocks are priced fairly, then the current sharp dip experienced by Wall...
Ebola: We Should Design Better Protective Clothing For Health Care Workers WASHINGTON – Here we go. In America we are in the middle of a media-induced “Ebola scare”. Indeed, we have...
The Western Economies Are Much Weaker Than We Thought WASHINGTON – The Economist warns us in a recent Leader (Editorial) that the world economy is “Weaker than it...
Low Oil Prices Hurt Russia, Iran And US Shale Oil Producers WASHINGTON – Are rapidly plunging oil prices just the logical outcome of a sudden collapse of global demand, just like what...